A Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, the Yoruba Patriotic Movement (YPM) has adopted the Ogun State candidate of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) in the 2015 general elections Otunba Rotimi Paseda to re contest in the coming 2019 gubernatorial race in the state. The chairman of the group Hon. Oladosu Oladipo, disclosed this recently during a courtesy visit to the candidate at his Ijebu-Omu home, in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State. He said a round peg should be put… Read more

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and the lawmaker representing Kaduna North, Senator Suleiman Uthman Hunkuyi, at the weekend settled their differences. They preached unity and supremacy of All Progressives Congress (APC). The reconciliation took place at the Kaduna APC stakeholders' interactive session, at Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Hall, Murtala Mohammed Square, Kaduna. Party executives from the 255 electoral wards, members of the House of Representatives and House of Assembly, as well as political appointees at the federal and state levels attended… Read more

The Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed has endorsed the 8th edition of Laffmattazz with Gbenga Adeyinka 1st and Friends in Ilorin, Kwara State. The event billed to hold on September 3, 2017 at the Banquet Hall, opposite Government House, will the governor as the special guest of honour with special appearances from Nollywood stars, Femi Adebayo aka Jelili and Yomi Fash Lanso. The comedy, music and family show will have Gbenga Adeyinka 1st, Reminisce, Olu maintain, QDot, Terry Apala,… Read more

The League Management Company (LMC) has approved a shirt sponsorship deal between Sharks FC of Port Harcourt and Eunisell Limited in line with provisions of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Rules and Framework. Salihu Abubakar, the LMC Chief Operating Officer (COO) conveyed the approval in a letter to Sharks in which he congratulated the club for securing the deal and also complying with regulations which provides that all external commercial relationships of clubs must be vetted and approved by… Read more

A group, Rivers Youths for Democratic Vanguard, (RYDV), one of the socio-political organisations in Rivers State, has endorsed the candidature of Gen. Mohammadu Buhari of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and his running mate, Yemi Osnibajo, for the presidential election. Arising from an emergency meeting yesterday in Port Harcourt, the group said their decision was on the premise of the critical condition of the nation’s economy, which it says needs someone like Buhari for urgent rescue The leader of the… Read more

The Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) has thrown its weight behind the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari in next month's elections. The party's national executive committee in a communiqué at the end of a meeting in Abuja last week ,described General Buhari as one candidate equipped to save Nigeria "from imminent collapse and give it a new lease of life." It asked Nigerians to "reject desperate politicians who have been given a chance to prove their worth… Read more

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari yesterday gained an unusual support as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) endorsed him. MEND, in a statement circulated by its spokesperson, Jomo Gbomo, anchored its decision on the need to deliver Nigeria, especially the Niger Delta, from the crunching effects of the reign of corruption that has become the most prevalent sign of governance in Nigeria. The group hailed Gen. Buhari for proposing… Read more

SIR: Penultimate week, all the major newspapers splashed the above as their lead story. This was as a result of the so-called visit to the former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, by the President Goodluck Jonathan, but which was made public courtesy of the members of the journalistic profession. This writer is not surprised, like other Nigerians about the open endorsement of President Jonathan. This is because of the well-known antecedents of the former Head of State as a… Read more

As the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) approach, Enugu State professionals operating under the aegis of the Enugu Professional Forum (EPF) have supported the senatorial ambitions of Governor Sullivan Chime and his Chief of Staff, Mrs. Ifeoma Nwobodo. They are believed to be interested in the Enugu West and Enugu East senatorial seats. Rising from its monthly meeting yesterday in Enugu, the EPF in a communiqué by the President, Nebechi Ugo and Secretary, Tony Ugwu, also approved the… Read more

A popular Enugu Catholic priest, Rev. Ejike Mbaka, at the weekend endorsed Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu for next year’s election. The cleric declared his support at the weekly prayer vigil at the Adoration Ministry ground in Enugu. He said the Deputy Senate President had done well and deserved to be re-elected. Rev. Mbaka said: “We have had a Senate President and we have equally had senators. But Ekweremadu has given the people of Enugu and the Southeast the feel… Read more

Nigeria’s leading cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement Plc, has expressed satisfaction with the recent classification of cement grades and their uses by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON). The company promised to abide by the agency’s classification. Dangoted Cement said it had complied with the grading and produced the product to the specifications. The SON, in the wake of the building collapses across the country and the attendant controversies on the quality of cement produced in the country, summoned a meeting… Read more

EDO State governor, comrade Adams Oshiomhole yesterday assured that the Edo walk for life exercise will be a monthly affair. The governor, who flagged off the exercise at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium, said the exercise was designed to help improve on the health status of participants. The maiden edition of the road walk covered major roads in the state capital and including Akenzua, Plymouth road, Ring road through Akpakpava to Ramat park and terminated at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium. “The… Read more

Southern Taraba stakeholders have endorsed the Chairman of DSK Foundation, Chief David Sabo Kente, as their consensus candidate for the governorship election. The businessman was presented to reporter in Wukari, Taraba State, after the resolution on consensus candidacy passed by the leaders of the Southern Taraba National Congress. The groups’s spokesman, Chief Jibrin Anfani, said Kente was chosen after a careful examination of all aspirants from the zone. Anfani, who is also the Wukari Traditional Council’s spokesman, urged the stakeholders… Read more